By Sahid Fawaz
1. Unions are no longer necessary
Prince Was a Champion for Working People
Let's take a second to look at 40 year union member Prince's career-spanning fights on behalf of working people. Read more
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UAW: VW Is Cheating Its Workers By Violating Labor Law - 04-26-16
UAW Secretary-Treasurer Gary Casteel says the union wants the National Labor Relations Board to order Volkswagen "to immediately abide by federal law and come to the bargaining table with its employees." Casteel says VW is in clear violation of U.S. labor by refusing to bargain with workers who voted to join the UAW. Read More...
United Flight Attendants Picket Airports In Six Cities As Intense Mediation Sessions Start - 04-22-16
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CWA-IBEW Verizon Strike Against Corporate Greed Is In Tenth Day - 04-22-16
Corporate greed versus doing the right thing by your workers is at the heart of the Verizon strike. Thirty-nine thousand CWA and IBEW workers are in the tenth day of their strike. Senator Bernie Sanders, who is endorsed for president by the CWA, spoke to workers on the Verizon picket lines in New York City. [Chant]: "Bernie! Bernie. Read More...
Preparing For A Strike, UPS Pilots Open Strike Center As End Of Federal Mediation Approaches - 04-21-16
UPS pilots have opened a Strike Operations Center to serve as the union pilots nerve center in the event of a strike. The Independent Pilots Association says that after five years of bargaining, including two years of intensive federal mediation it's crunch time for pilots at UPS. The pilots and UPS will present final bargaining positions the week of April 25th. Read More...
Port Of Los Angeles Truckers Strike Chinese Owned Company Over Mis-Classification - 04-21-16
Misclassified drivers at a Chinese owned subsidiary went on strike Wednesday at the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. It's the third time these drivers have went on strike protesting misclassification and related retaliation at Intermodal Bridge Transport. It's a subsidiary of Chinese owned Cosco Logistics Americas, the biggest customer of the ports. Read More...
New AFL-CIO Trade Video Warns That TPP Would Double Down on NAFTA’s Economic Devastation
The AFL-CIO released a video today showing firsthand the devastating economic impact the Trans-Pacific Partnership could have on communities across the country. When global companies move jobs offshore to take advantage of trade deals, they not only destroy jobs, they suppress wages, deprive local governments of needed resources and leave working families behind.
Airbnb is forming an alliance with one of the nation’s biggest labor unions
Airbnb is in negotiations to cut a deal with one of the nation’s biggest unions that would employ unionized home cleaners who are paid at least $15 per hour, according to people familiar with the discussions.
The agreement between the Services Employees International Union and the home rental start-up takes place amid a national campaign being waged by unions and their allies for a $15 minimum wage. Read more
Detroit Chassis Workers Threaten Strike, Employer Agrees To Their Demand To Join UAW - 04-20-16
Temp workers who threatened to walk off their jobs at the Detroit Chassis auto parts plant in Avon , Ohio called off the strike after the employer agreed to their demand to join the UAW. Some of the workers are paid as little as $9.50 an hour. The UAW says the workers were fed up with low pay, no benefits and permanent "temp" status. Read More...